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18 Cards in this Set
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primary
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purpose entry into system , health maintenance, long-term care, chronic care, treatment of temporary non-incapcitating malfunction
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primary
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organization or unit
ambulatory care centers, physicians offices, PPOs, nursing centers/urgent care centers, independent provider organizations, HMOs, school health clinic |
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secondary
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prevention of disease complications
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secondary
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organization or unit
home healthcare, ambulatory care centers, nursing centers |
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tertiary
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purpose rehabilitation, long-term care
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tertiary
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organization or unit
home healthcare, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living/retirement centers |
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acute care
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refers to both type of care and length of stay. acuity -when used to describe a client's condition refers to the seriousness and rate of change that is occurring. classified as serious, subject to rapid deterioration and require highly skilled patient care
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long-term acute care
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with pressure to discharge client and limit tradition hospital stays clients with wounds that need specialized care, pts on extended ventilator support, pts needing dialysis who remain unstable, go to llong-term care acute care hospitals that are funded differently
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center for medicare and medicaid services CMS
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regarding documentation, standards of care and various processes must also meet some requirements related to acute care and are often accredited by the same agency that accredits traditional acute care hospitals
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general or community hospitals
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medical, surgical, obstetric, emergency, and diagnostic, plus lab services
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tertiary care hospitals
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referral centers for clients w/complex or unusual health problems such as level 1 trauma, major burns, bone marrow transplant and research based oncology, in addition to standard care
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specialty hospital
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offers only a particular type of care such as psychiatric or pediatric
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joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organization JCAHO
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nonprofit voluntary organization , set up standard for hospital care. standards are comprehensive and involve evaluating the structural aspects of institutions policies and procedures and the outcomes of care provided JCAHO has deemed status for federal programs
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department of health and human services DHHS
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a cabinet level administrative unit of the federal government with four major service divisions
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DHHS four major service divisions
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CDC centers for disease control
NIH The national institutes of health FDA food and drug administration HRA health resources administration CMS center for medical and medicaid services |
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OSHA occupational safety and health act
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mandates actions and prescribes safety equipment to improve the health and safety of the working environment their regulations have required health care employers to provide the equipment, supplies, immunizations and education to enable the implementation of CDC recommendations for universal precautions
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nursing home regulations OBRA
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in 1987 contained regulations that for the first time, mandated a national standard for quality of care in nursing homes receiving federal money through medicare or medicaid;
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state level legislative concerns identified by ANA
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needlestick injury prevention, prohibition of mandatory overtime, nursing quality indicators, nurse staffing systems and ratios, violence in the workplace, nursing workforce data collection, whistle blower protection, nursing education incentives, ergonomics
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